| Date: | Monday 26 April 1993 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-12B |
| Owner/operator: | United Nations - UN |
| Registration: | CCCP-11121 |
| MSN: | 02348103 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
| Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-20M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | near Luena -
 Angola
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Luena Airport (LUO/FNUE) |
| Catumbela Airport (CBT/FNCT) |
At FL160 the no. 1 engine was hit by a SAM missile. A forced landing had to be carried out in a field near Luena. One crewmember was killed after stepping on a mine.
The actual registration carried at the time of the accident is unknown. CCCP-11121 was cancelled from the Russian register in February 1993.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
Scramble 169
Scramble 168
Location
Images:
photo (c) Gavrilov Sergey; near Luena Airport (LUO/FNUE); 22 June 1993
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick
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